Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3237, Jeremiah Eckert, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Eckert, Jeremiah " Eckart
P. 3237
B.L.Wt 49048-160-55
Nancy
CONTENTS
[Faint, illegible handwriting in the contents section]

15m 952 act mar 2/85. Aug 21/86.
Oct. 11
Nancy Gokert and Jeremiah Gokert and Mrs. Gokert Capt. Phillips Court
1952 - 18. miles
Rev. Wm.
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Oct 11 1885 Nancy Gokert Mrs. Nancy Gokert Shelby Ky.
Sept. 27/61. Sent to Mr Van Klief of Lyons - N.Y. D.P.P.
Vol. E. 25.

Declaration,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7th JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
COUNTY OF Ulster — } ss.
On this Tenth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred & thirty four, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, of the County of Ulster aforesaid, now sitting, Jeremiah Eckert a resident of the town of Eopius in said County, aged Seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
 1 st In Answer to the seven Interrogatories he says — That he was born in the town of Eopius, County of Ulster & State of New York on the 27 th September in the year 1760  2 nd That the Record of his age is contained in the book of baptismal Records of the Protestant reformed Dutch church in Kingston county of Ulster & State aforesaid.  3 rd That at the time he was called into service he lived in the town of Eopius. had lived since the revolutionary war in Eopius and in Schoharie County. and now resides in Eopius aforesaid  4 th That he volunteered into the service —  5 th That there were no regular officers with the Troops where he served. and no Continental Regiments nor militia except the one in which he served —  6 th That he never received a written discharge, but was naturally dismissed at the end of the service —  And the said Jeremiah Eckert declares, that in the year 1778 he served as a Volunteer and fifer Soldier in the Revolutionary war for the term of Nine Months more in the company of Infantry commanded by Captain Philip Swart, Lieutenants Van Aken & Sarpenwiny & Sige Elsworth all of whom are now dead, in Colonel Paulings Regiment. that he has no documentary Evidence thereof that this service was performed, at Warsing, Shandaiken, Woodstock & Kingston part under the Captain & the residue under the Subalterns at the above different frontier posts, in Ulster County —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a Pension or Annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
The word "fifer" interlined & the word "private" stricken out —
Sworn to and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Samuel Stillwell Charles L. L. Judge Henry Van Riper
Jeremiah + Eckert mark

WE, Benjamin Van Keuren a Clergyman, residing in the town of Esopus in the County of Ulster and State of New-York, and Marcus Van Alstyne of the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Schoefft — who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two — years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and Subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Samuel Stearns Isaac Lake Henry Van Riper
B. Van Keuren Marcus Van Alstyne
CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT.
The Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster — in the State of New-York, sitting this 11th — day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty four at the court-house in Hudson — in said County, do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Van Keuren — who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Esopus in the County aforesaid, and that Marcus Van Alstyne — who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Stearns Isaac Lake Henry Van Riper
I, Jacob Snyder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Ulster — in the State of New-York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Schoefft — for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth — day of September 183 4
Jacob Snyder

32093 State of New York, Ulster County
In the Matter of the Application - Of - Jeremiah Eckert Pension
J. G. Gaasbeck Esq. Agent.
Kingston

State of New York Ulster County } ss
§ I, Hendricus Van Wagen of the town of Esopus in said County, aged 73 years, a soldier of the Revolution being duly sworn, depose & say that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Schenk a soldier of the Revolution and now an applicant for a pension. That this deponent was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war and was in the Company of Infantry commanded by Captain Philip August, Lieutenants Teepeunuyt Van Aken & Linus Elsworth, all of whom are now dead, in Colonel Paulings Regiment, and well knew the said Jeremiah, that the said Jeremiah belonged to the same Company & Regiment with this deponent that this deponent saw the said Jeremiah in said service for nine months or more in the year 1778 and knows that the said Jeremiah continued to serve in said Corps in the capacity of a fifer until he was discharged, and this deponent says that he always understood that the said Jeremiah volunteered for the said term of service above mentioned -
Subscribed & sworn this 21 st day of July 1834 } ss Before me - } P. V. Gaasbeck Jr Justice of the Peace
Hendricus Van Wagenen
Ulster County ss: Do hereby certify that I am well ac- quainted with Hendricus Van Wagenen. That he is a person of truth & veracity, & that his state- ments are entitled to credit -
P. V. Gaasbeck Jr A. Penn

State of New York
Ulster County Clerks Office 3/16: (1). I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County do hereby certify that Peter Vanbraeck Junior Esquire was on the day of the date of the within affidavit a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly authorized to take affidavits &c and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice of the peace and verily believe his signature subscribed to the Certificate of the within affidavit to be genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this tenth day of September 1834.
Jacob Snyder

Power of Atty, Samuel Schuk New York
Filed 27 th Dec
E. Hassler Dussick

Brook of city, Jeremiah Eshel New York
Filed 27 th Dec r
J. Hassler Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.
STATE OF New York ) COUNTY OF Ulster )
Be it known that before me
Al P. Wheeler a Justice of the Peace of said County personally appeared Jeremiah Rickett who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that they are the heirs at law of Jeremiah Rickett who died in 1840 who was a revolutionary soldier as they believe in the State of New York and that he died on the 17th day of October 18 40 and that their mother, named Maria died about 18 82 and that they were married say  Deponents cannot say and that they were residents of in the State of New York - town of Hurley and that they resided there all their lives and that furthermore see BY THESE
PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. Haysman, of Washington city, D. C., as our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers our rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due us as heirs at law of Jeremiah Rickett who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, we have on this 6 day September 1852, hereunto signed our names, and affixed our seals.
Witness: Al P. Wheeler Witness: James Rickett
Jeremiah Rickett Catharine Rickett James Rickett
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me: and I further certify, that Jeremiah Rickett, James Rickett have always by the community been known as the children of Jeremiah Rickett now deceased and that he was then the father of them and Dated on this sixth day of September 1852. Al P. Wheeler J. P.
State of New York ) COUNTY OF Ulster ) to wit:
I hereby certify, That Al P. Wheeler Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the aforesaid County Court, this 11th day of September one thousand eight hundred and fiftytwo
John D. Montanye Clerk.
If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband." State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Marriage cert.
Certificate of Marriage.
Isobel & Magill, attys.
Present.

State of New York County of Ulster p. On this the 19 th day of September A.D. one thousand eight hun- dred & fifty three, personally appeared be- fore me a justice of the Peace in & for the County & State aforesaid John G.F. Hoog Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the Town of Kingston, County of Ulster & State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law doth depose & say that by the books of Marriage Records of the Re- formed Protestant Dutch Church of said Town, it appears that Jeremiah Ekert was married to Maritje Dijs on the tenth day of June One thousand seven hundred & ninety - that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in plain & legible figures as follows. "1790-Juni 10. met geloden getrouwt Jeremiah Ekert j.m. geboden in woonagtig onder King- ton, met Maritje Dijs j.v. geboren onder Pals woonagtig onder Kingston" -
I, John G.F. Hoog, above named de- pose & say that I hold the office of Pastor of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the Town of Kingston in the County of Ulster & State of New York, & that the above is a true extract from the re- cords of said Church with the exception above named - done before me this 19 th day of September 1853 John G.F. Hoog Richd Wapshew Justice of the Peace

State of New York,
ULSTER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, SS.
I CERTIFY, That at the date of the certificate of proof, or acknowledgment, to which this is subjoined, the said Rich d W. Lappin Esq. was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 19 day of September A. D. 185 8 .
M. Sheldon Clerk of Ulster Co.

Declaration of Nancy O'Keefe, widow of Jeremiah.
application under act July 7, 1838
Donohoe V Magill, attys. Present.

State of New York, } ss. County of Orleans, }
On this Sixteenth day of September, 1853, personally appeared before me, one of the justices of the peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, Nancy Eckert, aged 84 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth depose as follows, namely: That she is the widow of Jeremiah Eckert, who died on the Eleventh day of October, 1837, and that she has ever since remained his widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the pension due her under the act of Congress approved July 7, 1838.
She hereby relinquishes all claim to any other pension than that named above, and states that her name does not appear upon the pension roll of any State or agency.
John M. Guiler } her Justice of the peace Nancy X Eckert. mark.
Acknowledged before me this day and year above written.
John M. Guiler J. P.
State of New York, } ss. County of Orleans, }
I, Dan H. Cole, clerk of the court of Sullivan Court within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify

That John M. Gilver, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this 16 th day of Sept, 1853.3
Dan H. Gole
Clerk.

Claim of Henry Eckert in Brant's Island revolutionary claim subv. 4.

State of New York, ss. On this day personally appeared Nancy Lockhart, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that she executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of May, 1854.  John M. Calder Justice of the Peace.  I, Nancy Lockhart, do hereby certify that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and that the same was executed by me for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  Nancy Lockhart  I, Jeremiah D. Bailey, do hereby certify that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and that the same was executed by me for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  Jeremiah D. Bailey  I, Silas T. Shaler, do hereby certify that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and that the same was executed by me for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  Silas T. Shaler  I, John M. Calder, do hereby certify that I am the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and that the same was executed by me for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.  John M. Calder

State of New-York County of Orleans
Personally came Jeremiah D. Bailey of the County of Orleans and State of New-York and Gilbert Sharer & testimony the barren in the County of Orleans and State of America whom I certify to be a respectable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn say that they were present and heard the said Jeremiah D. Bailey make her oath to the foregoing declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from personal knowledge and appearance of the defendant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that these defendants have no interest in said application. The foregoing was my of August 2nd 1856 Jeremiah D. Bailey Gilbert Sharer
STATE OF NEW-YORK, Orleans County Clerk's Office, ALBION.
As Clerk of said County and of the Courts of Record thereof, I hereby certify that John M. Ceder Esq., before whom the foregoing declarations and affidavits were made, was, at the date of his certificate of proof thereunto attached, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified according to the laws of this State; that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verify believe that his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 9th day of August 1856. W. J. Warren Clerk.
254.952

Rev. & Rel. Sec. Section MEE/eel
M.E.E. D...
October 11, 1938.
Mrs. Henry R. Turner 933 Arroyo Street Chicago, Illinois
Sir:
In giving you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, A. 3 37, it appears that Jeremiah Eckert was born September 27, 1761, in Esopus, Ulster County, New York.
He applied for pension September 10, 1834, while a resident of Esopus, New York, and alleged that while a resident of said Esopus, he enlisted in 1778, and served nine months and more as a fifer in Captain Philip Swart's Company, Colonel Pawlings's New York Regiment.
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of alleged service as required by the pension laws.
Soldier married on June 10, 1790, Mareitje Dijo, as shown by the book of marriage records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
In 1852 Hiram Eckert, James Eckert, and Catharine

Smith stated that they were the children of Jeremiah and Maria Eckert, that their mother, Maria, died about 1802, and their father died October 17, 1840.
In 1856, on account of the services of Jeremiah Eckert, bounty land was issued to Nancy Eckert, aged ninety years, and a resident of Alabama, Genesee County, New York. She stated that she was married to Jeremiah Eckert in 1793, in Poopeah, New York, and that her name before her marriage was Nancy Millsworth, and that said Jeremiah Eckert died in September or October, 1834, at Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York, or on October 11, 1837.
This is the history of the only soldier named Jeremiah Eckert, found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
In order to identify a soldier of the War of 1812, named Oliver Pettibone, who might be the subject of your inquiry, as much as possible of the following data is essential in addition to the fact that his wife's name was Elizabeth- approximate dates of birth and death, and places of residence at enlistment and after service.
Respectfully,
R. F. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

to 1011 Wars Section
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October 29, 1928
Mrs. Henry M. Turner 123 Argye Street (end) Chicago, Illinois
卷二
I advise you that the information furnished you on October 11, 1908, is as recorded in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, No. 3237, Jeremiah Eckert or Eckart.
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Jeremiah Eckert Jr., Soldier of Revolution Oliver Pettibone Soldier of 1812 William Brown Soldier of Revolution
928 Argyle St (2) Chicago, Illinois
Dec. 15, 1927
Dear Sir:-
My great-grandmother's father, Jeremiah Eckert, Jr., married "Maretje Wifo," which is, I am told, Mary or Maria Wego, June 10, 1790, according to the records of the Old Dutch Church at Kingston, Ulster Co., New York. Martinus , their first child was baptized 4 Dec. 1791 Elizabeth (my gr. grandmother who mar Oliver Pettibone, soldier of 1812) baptized 3 Aug. 1794.
Are either, or both Jeremiah Eckert, Jr., and Oliver Pettibone on the Pension Rolls? If so, please give me particulars
Very truly yours Jane Pettibone Turner (Mrs Henry E.)

Soldier of Revolution
P.S. And is there a William Brown, or William Moon Brown, husband of Clarissa, on the pension rolls, from Pharsalia (Chenango Co., I think) or Binghamton, in Broome County.
J. P. T.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by R.C.P.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jeremiah Eckert.
Service New York
Additional Service Rev.
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.W. inv. recd. or rejected as above (or similar name) except. R. 3237.

3037
1928-Oct. 11. Wrote to Mrs. Henry E. Johnson, M.E.E. 1928-Feb. 29. Mrs. Henry E. Johnson advised her of action of Col. approving before pension officer. M.E.E.
P. O. Nancy E. Keith Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: Printed list of 1852 gives as cause of suspension: "Res- pended in receiving letter evidence of the facts and nature of the service" Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MET/eel
928 Argyle Street (2nd) Chicago, Illinois October 16, 1928.
Commissioner Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My mother, Mrs. Emily Brown Pettibone, 120 Olmstead St., Waupun, Wis., says that her grandfather, William (Moon) Brown, was soldier of the Revolution, but she does not know, and neither do I, where he enlisted.
He must once have lived in what is now Binghamton, Broome County, New York; when my grandfather, Jonathan Corydon Brown, was born there on Oct. 12, 1812, and if that " John Brown, son of William Brown and Clarissa ----- " whose death " Dec. 12, 1886, aged 67, " is recorded in Binghamton, was indeed my grandfather's brother, as the fact that a John Brown and an Ammi Brown lived at the same address there before the date of his death, would indicate, his mother, at least, must have been there in 1819 also, when said John was born. I saw the names of John and Ammi Brown given at the same address in an old directory, kept in a safe, in Binghamton, and another one stated that the John Brown died in 1886, so I went to the Health Department, and found the facts above-quoted there recorded.
"Binghamton is called Chenango Point in the Court Records until 1817, and then it is 'the town of Chenango in the County of Broomes,' until 1834. The first legal recognition of the name occurs in the act incorporating the village, May 3, 1834." May be that will help locate him.
My grandfather, Jonathan Corydon Brown, had brothers John Brown and William Brown, perhaps others; and sisters, Emily Maria Brown and Marilla Ann Brown, but I do not know their birth dates, or place of birth. The two sisters named lived once and died in or near Rockford, Illinois, and one of them is buried at Rockton, in that vicinity, but I do not know what her married name was, so I cannot positively identify her.
The record of my grandfather, Jonathan Corydon Brown's death, which might give the name of his father and mother, and their places of birth, have been destroyed by fire, at Juneau, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
William Brown, one brother of my grandfather, was Captain of a boat running between New London, Conn., and New York City, and was living after the death of his brother, John Brown. Probably he died in New London, Conn., but I do not know when.
The record of my great grandfather, Oliver Pettibone, on the other side of the family, is shown on the enclosed photostat. Other particulars concerning him also enclosed.
Great-great grandfather, Daniel Pettibone, Soldier of the Revolution, Ulster Co., N.Y. too.
Very truly yours,
Jane Pettibone Turner
Mrs Henry E. Turner

928 Argyle Street (2) Chicago, Illinois, October 15, 1928.
Commissioner Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:--
Accompanying please find the baptismal record of Jeremiah Eckert, born, according to Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3237, Sept. 27, 1761. Also that of his elder brother, Martin Eckert, and the names of their father and mother, Solomon Eckert (Senior) and Maria Borgert, (Bogart or Burger?)
Also the record of his marriage to Mareitje Dijo, and the records of baptism of some of their children. The name of James does not appear among them, but may have been overlooked, or he may have been born elsewhere.
Hiram Eckert had a son James among his five children, as given in his wife's printed obituary, found among my Gr mother Hannah Fuller Pettibone's keepsakes. His mother, Maria Deyo Eckert, could not have died in 1802, for the records show that she gave birth to Samuel Eckert in 1805, and to John Lefevre Eckert in 1810.
Said Hiram Eckert, born March 22, 1802, was a younger brother of Elizabeth Eckert, born July 1, 1794; bp. August 3, 1794, at Kingston, who married (I do not as yet know where, but probably somewhere in that vicinity) on Jan. 12, 1812, Oliver Pettibone (son of Daniel Pettibone, and his second wife, Prudence Latimer, "of the New Paltz," in 1783), born Sept. 2, 1788; died Andover, N.Y. May 5, 1842; buried near Alfred, New York. Lived before Andover at Hornell, N.Y.
Daniel Pettibone, son of Oliver and Elizabeth Eckert Pettibone; grandson of Daniel and Prudence Latimer Pettibone, went with his wife and three children (one, a girl, adopted) from Hartsville, Steuben Co., N.Y., to Town of Beaver Dam, Wis., about 1848, and is buried there.
Hiram Eckert (uncle of said Daniel Pettibone) went with his family from Esopus, Ulster County, New York, to Columbus, Wis., within visiting distance of Daniel Pettibone, and died there in 1876.
Why did Hiram Eckert, James Eckert, and Catherine Smith, children of Jeremiah Eckert and Maria Deyo, make statements about them to the Pension Bureau in 1852, as stated? Where did they say Jeremiah Eckert lived at the time of his death, October 14, 1840? Where did Maria Deyo Eckert die?
I could not be sure which one of several Jeremiahs Eckerts he was among those named as soldiers of the Revolution, in New York, but his claim for a pension, giving his birth-date, identifies him beyond dispute, I should think, together with other records.
It seems to me that the accompanying copy of a communication received by me from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C., certainly proves that he served in the Revolutionary War. What more could be required?
The record of the marriage of one Jeremiah Eckert and Annatje Elsworth in 1787, and the baptism of children born to them soon after, shows there were at least two persons named Jeremiah Eckert somewhere near the same age. Hoes says j m and j d following the names in each marriage record, stand for "young man" and "young woman," but have nothing to do with age, signifying only that the person thus described has never been married before.
Nancy Ellsworth, if 90 years old in 1856, must have been born about 1766, and was therefore about 21 years old at the time of her marriage to Jeremiah Eckert, son of -----? in 1787, not 1778.
Very truly yours,
Jane Pettibone Turner (Mrs. Henry E. Turner)

Rev. & 1812 War Section MSS/eel
928 Argyle Street (2nd) Chicago, Illinois, October 16, 1928.
Commissioner Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Accompanying please find the baptismal record of Jeremiah Eckert, who was born, according to Revolutionary War pension claim R. 3237, Sept. 27, 1761. Also that of his elder brother, Martin Eckert, and the names of their parents, Solomon Eckert and Maria Borger.
Also the record of his marriage to Mareitje Dijo, and the records of baptism of some of their children. The name of James does not appear among them, but may have been overlooked, or he may have been elsewhere.
Hiram Eckert had a son James among his five children, as given in his wife's printed obituary. His mother, Maria Deyo Eckert, could not have died in 1802, for the records show that she gave birth to Samuel Eckert in 1805, and to John LeFever Eckert in 1810.
Said Hiram Eckert, born March 22, 1802, was a younger brother of Elizabeth Eckert, born July 1, 1794; bp. Aug. 3, 1794, at Kingston, who married (I do not as yet know where, but probably somewhere in that vicinity) on Jan. 26, 1812, Oliver Pettibone (son of Daniel Pettibone, and his second wife, Prudence Latimer, "of the New Paltz," in 1783), born Sept. 2, 1788; died May 5, 1882.
Daniel Pettibone, son of Oliver and Elizabeth Eckert Pettibone; grandson of Daniel and Prudence Latimer Pettibone, went with his wife and three children (one adopted) from Hartsville, Steuben Co., N.Y., to Town of Beaver Dam, Wis., about 1848, and is buried there.
Hiram Eckert and his family (uncle and cousins of Daniel Pettibone) went from Esopus, Ulster Co., N.Y., to Columbus, Wis., within visiting distance of said Daniel, and died there in 1876.
Why did Hiram Eckert, James Eckert and Catherine Smith, children of Jeremiah Eckert and Maria Deyo, make statements about them to the Pension Bureau, in 1852, as stated? Where did they say Jeremiah Eckert lived at the time of his death, Oct. 14, 1840?
Eckerts
I could not be sure which one of several Jeremiah Eckert he was among those named as soldiers of the Revolution, but his claim for a Pension, giving his birth-date, identifies him beyond dispute, I should think, in connection with other records.
I should think the accompanying photostat of a communication received by me from the Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C., certainly proves his service in the Revolutionary War. What more could be required?
The record of the marriage of one Jeremiah Ekert and Annatje Elswort in 1787, and the baptisms of children born to them soon after, shows there were at least two persons named Jeremiah Eckert somewhere near the same age. Hoes says j.m. and j. d. following the names in each marriage record, stand for "young man" and "young woman," but have nothing to do with age, signifying only that the person thus designated has never been married before.
Nancy Ellsworth, if 90 years in 1856, must have been born about 1766, and was therefore about 21 years old at the time of her marriage to Jeremiah Ekert, son of -----? in 1787, not 1778.
Ulster County Militia, Organized Third or Western Regiment Oct 25, 1775 - Very truly yours,
Colonel Levi Pawling Major Johannes Cantine, etc, etc On the 28th of Feb, 1778 Maj. Johannes Cantine was promoted and became Colonel Johannes Cantine.
Jane Pettibone Turner Mrs. Henry E. Turner

RECORDS REFORMED PROTESTANT CHURCH OF KINGSTON, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK. Hoes.
Baptisms.
{Solomon Eckert {Mareitje Borger
  No. 5981  Marthen  Aug. 4, 1747    Witnesses: Marthen Borger  Orsetjen Freling     No. 7043  Jeremia  Nov. 8, 1761    Witnesses: Albertus Schreiber  Elizabeth Ekkert     No. 7193  Catharina  May 6, 1764  
Marriages.
No. 1905. Jeremiah Ekert j m born and residing under the jurisdiction of Kingston, and Mareitje Dijo j d born under the jurisdiction of the Pals (New Paltz) and residing under the jurisdiction of Kingston. Banns published, but dates not given. Married June 10, 1790.
Baptisms.
{Jeremiah Ekert {Mareitje Dijo
  No. 9012  Martinus  Dec. 4, 1791    Witnesses: None      No. 9212  Elizabet  Aug. 3, 1794    Witnesses: William Thompson  Elizabet Thompson     RECORDS REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH OF ULSTER PARK ("KLYN ESOPUS") N.Y.      Rev. George W. Gulick  Catherine  Aug. 2, 1799     Hiram b march 22, 1802; bp.  April 11, 1802     Samuel  Aug. 28, 1805     John LeFever  Feb. 5, 1810  
RECORDS REFORMED PROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH OF KINGSTON, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
Marriages.
No. 1834. Jeremiah Ekert j m and Annatje Elswort j d both parties born and residing under the jurisdiction of Kingston. Banns published but dates not given. Married November 14, 1787.
Baptisms.
  No. 8751  Josuah  Jan 25, 1789    No. 8893  Samuel  June 20, 1790    No. 9044  Silvester  May 13, 1792  

COPY (The original forwarded with this letter was returned to Mrs. Turner)
WAR DEPARTMENT
The Adjutant General's Office Washington.
ESB/EVC
ORD
Dec. 13, 1927
Respectfully returned to
Mrs. Henry E. Turner 928 Argyle Street (2) Chicago, Ill.
The records of this office show that one Jeremiah Eckert (surname also borne as Ackert, but name not borne as Jeremiah Eckert, Jr.) served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Philip Swart's Company, Col. John Cantine's Regiment New York Militia. His name appears on an undated pay roll, which shows that certificate number 39786 in the amount of L2 S17 D1 was issued on account of his service in the year 1779. His name also appears signed to an order of which the following is a copy:
Sir
Please to pay to my brother Martin Eckert the whole of my pay coming to me for service in the year 1779 as private in Captain Philip Swart's Company, Col. Cantine's Regiment and his receipt shall be your discharge from your humble servant.
Klyn Esopus September 29th, 1786
Witness present: Solomon Eckert, Jr.
(Signed )Jeremiah Eckert
To Colonel John Cantine

✓ 49.048
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Neo Aus
Jeremiah Eckert at York
Suspended Set to J. V. Gaasbeck 18 Oct '34
Act 7. June '32

154.952.
Department of the Interior Pension Office Official Writings
From J. M. Mott Esq.
Washington
D.C.
Free
Shelburne N.Y. Aug 18

No 15,160 Nancy Eckart Widow of Jeremiah N.Y.
Donahoe & Magill May 11 1853
3237
Rejected July 7 1838
254954

254.952
Sand Act 1855 in a case
Arguability Eckert as by widow.
Rev War - under a crown
Letter of Enquiry.
Such is my case
John Mc Culloch Esq Shelby 49.048 N.Y. 160
Wm. Martin Syria N.York
Prof. Fitch - for answer Feb 14/61

Genl. S. H. Baillie Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Please permit the bearer William Van Housen to examine Pensions Lands of Union, No. which Lands Warrants No. for 160 Acres, Act. 2d was issued to Mary D. D. B. Widow of  James D. B. a Revolutionary Soldier. (Yours &c.)
Wheeler August 1861 John M. Coulter of Claimant

Sept 14. 1861
Dear J. H. Baines
I enclose Power of Atty of J. M. Culver Esq of Shelby N.Y. I request that you report the length of service of Jeremiah Eckert a Rev Soldier, whose widow Nancy Eckert recd Wt for 160 acres At. 55, & who applied for Pension Act, 53 22 d Section - I request this, to same, & I think you also, the trouble of a new claim for Pension, if it shall turn out that there are less than 6 months service of soldier.
Yours &c
Wm Master

Wappler
Tenafly N.J.
Oct. 18, 34
Sir)
The claims of Hendricus Van Wynga- men & Jeremiah Eckert have been examin- ed & suspended - There is no evidence in the Dept. which would authorize the admission that such a term of service as is alleged by them, was rendered by any part of Pawling's Regt at that period of the war. If such was the fact, the records in the office of the Secy of the state of New York should show it -
The regulations require the best evidence in the power of claimants to produce, and these claimants still reside amid the scenes of their alleged services & in the neighborhood of the numerous survivors of the Ulster Co (Militia) - With these abundant & con- ventional means of complying with the regulations their claims are respectively supported alone by the testimony of each other after more than two years after the passage of the Act. Their depositions

tions correspond Herbalem & their credits certified by the agent employed by them to procure their pensions
A large portion of the evidence of the evidence taken to establish the claim of Benjamin Van Steenburgh is liable to the objection that it is taken by the attor- ney credibility certified by him. The nar- rative of service in the several depositions is defective in not shewing the Appoint- ment of Officers in three terms of service for which a claim is asserted. His claim is also suspended & his papers such those of Van Heussen & Eckert are placed on our files
at 7 June
J. P. Laasbeck Kingston N.Y.
J. G.
Dec 18 '34
W. H. Van Heussen

Power of atty. Nancy Eckert, widow of Jeremiah.
Application for pension under act July 7, 1832.
N. Y. Rev. susp. files.

Know all men by these presents, That I, Mary Cookert , of the county of Orleans , and State of New York , do hereby constitute and appoint THOMAS S. DONOHO & JOHN W. MAGILL, of Washington, D. C., jointly or severally my true and lawful attorneys, for me and in my behalf to prosecute my claim for a pension, as the widow of Jeremiah Cookert, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution.
and to receive such certificate as may be issued, hereby revoking any power of attorney which may have been heretofore given, and confirming all things that my attorneys, the said DONOHO & MAGILL, or either of them, may lawfully do in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty sixth day of July , A. D. 185 3 . Y Gilbert  James  her mark  Mary Cookert [L. S.]
Acknowledged before me the day and year last above written.
John M. Culver J. P.
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Orleans , ss:
I, Dan K Cole clerk of the court of Records & Supreme Court , within and for the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John M. Culver , before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken, was at the date thereof an acting justice of the peace, duly commis- sioned and sworn.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this 26 th day of July , A. D. 185 3 Dan K Cole Clerk.

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Washington, Oct. 1, 1853.
Dr. Sims
Jeremiah Eckert, of New York, made application for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832, but because of defective proof his claim was suspended. Having since died his widow now makes application under the act of July 7, 1838, producing, at the same time, proof in substantiation of her husband's claim.
Respectfully yours,
Hon. L. P. Waldo, Commr of Pensions.
Donoho & Magill, Attys.

Misses Donahoe & Magill May 11/84

220 Pension Office May 11 1857
Gentlemen
The informal application of Nancy Eck- art widow of Jeremiah of NY has been filed under the Act of July 7 1838 and rejected. If the soldier whose service are certified to by the NY Comptroller, was her husband - and there is no other evidence on file of his service - was her husband , he did not serve two months . Pensions are not allowed for a shorter period of service than 6 months.
Messrs. Donahoe & Villafille Present

Certificate of the service of Jeremiah Cookert. Albany records.
Seiche & Magill, attys.
Present.

[Persons making application at the Comptroller's, or Secretary of State's Office, for searches, or certificates of service of any person, in the army of the U. S. during the revolutionary war, should give the name and ranks held by such person; the nature of the service; whether in the Infantry, Cavalry, or Artillery, &c.; in the regular army or militia; the names of the officers commanding the regiments and companies at the time of enlistment, service and discharge, as near as can be given. The names should be given with care, and in a legible hand.]
In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1794, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their service in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz:
   No. of Cert'e issued, £     Oct. 25 th 1780. Peren h Eckart " " " 46.547 11 1   Aug. 14 th 1779. Peren h Eckart " " " 46.908. 18 7   Aug. 30 th 1782. Peren h Eckart " " " 16.957. 8 4   June 31 st 1779. Peren h Eckart " " " 89.786. 2 17 1   4 15 1  
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany,
August 30 th 1853.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 5 of 10, now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named, were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz:
 First — under Capt. Nicholas Sturch in Col. Jay's Regiment.  Second " " " " " " " " " "  Third " " " " " " " " " "  Fourth " " " " " " " " " "  Fifth " " " " " " " " " "  Sixth " " " " " " " " " "  Seventh " " " " " " " " " "  Eighth " " " " " " " " " "  Ninth " " " " " " " " " "  Tenth " " " " " " " " " "  Eleventh " " " " " " " " " "  Twelfth " " " " " " " " " "  Thirteenth " " " " " " " " " "  Fourteenth " " " " " " " " " "  Fifteenth " " " " " " " " " " 
I have examined the rolls for the above, and find £ 4-15-1. to be correct.
C. C. Wright Examining Clerk.
J. C. Wright Comptroller.